Smiling delation, a scientology practice
The cult has issued the "files" of one of its opponents ?

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http://home.worldnet.fr/libe-raid.htm
Libération
May 2d.2000
Par DAVID DUFRESNE
By scientologists, a golden rule wants to see smiles everywhere. Even when
it should be time to worry about. Therefore, yesterday, after the disclosing
by Libération about the seizure on may 16th, of the association's seat by
the SEFTI [computer investigations official services], what was next? That
was now the tour for the american millionaire Bob Minton, one of the worse
opposants to the cult, to announce that he launched a complaint in Paris
through is attorney Jean-Michel Pesenti.

Purpose of his complaint for libel? The "Dead Agent Pack" (1) issued by the
cult against him. Done from police reports, press articles and "confessions"

from former adepts, the Dead Agent Pack about Minton had been sent to
Liberation and other organs, soon after his 10th april travel through Paris.

[image of the letter sent to libération]
Despite this, Jean Dupuis, one of the cult's spokepersons, does not forget
to smile. About Minton, he says "he has nothing to fear", even if the
millionaire is the cult's devil Beast. Th 16th may seizure? idem... "It's a
nothingness, a storm in a glass of water. Scientology does not have anything
to be afraid of." Neither about its president police arrest - he was relaxed
later - neither about the seizure of its computers, with the accounts; and,
as the cult says, they have been given back. Better: "This affair shall
prove that we are transparent". But the judge is Renaud Van Ruymbeke, he's
rather a tenacious one. And, as scientologists are rather well informed,
they know it's perhaps not so good a new...

Cause of the raid? Two Paris area's ex-adepts who complained for privacy
violation through "keeping data base" about them in computers, "lying
advertizing", and "fraud". Tired to get advertisements and other pieces,
both had asked to be erased from the computers; but they finally complained
before courts. According to Jean Dupuis, their names have really been
erased, but a last prospectus has nevertheless been sent to them. It's the
problem of large files: the one of scientology would contain some 20000
names and "correspondants" - every people having ever written to the cult.

(1) Regarding the yesterday's artcle, scientology wants to add: "... about
the seized DA packs that could have been seized, it's a totally erroneous
information. In any case, the expression 'dead agent' comes from a chinese
book. When it is proven that the "agent" has lied, he is dead as an agent,
that's where the expression comes. Files are regularly sent to the press to
correct the lying allegations about scientology.